The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has unanimously a permit for Enbridge Energy to build a $2.6 billion oil pipeline that's expected to cross through part of Wisconsin. The pipeline would carry around 600,000 barrels per day from North Dakota’s Bakken oil fields to Superior.

Wisconsin first responders and agency officials say more emergency response training and rail inspection needs to be done to keep pace with an increasing number of trains carrying volatile Bakken crude oil through communities around Wisconsin.

Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales repeated a common mantra in describing his plan for immigration reform: “We are a nation of immigrants,” he said. “And we are also a nation of laws.” Gonzales, who says he is unsure whether his three Mexican grandparents came to the U.S. legally, is...

After the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee voted last week to remove tenure protections to state law, University of Wisconsin System regents voted during its meeting on Friday morning to add faculty tenure protections to its own policies.

While Gov. Scott Walker and other state and local leaders are now united behind a Milwaukee Bucks arena plan , they'll have their work cut out for them getting the votes for it in the state Legislature.

While much debate around a proposed ban on abortions after 20 weeks has been about whether or not a fetus is capable of feeling pain at that stage in development, passage of the law could hinge on whether the final version includes exceptions for cases of rape and incest.

Gov. Scott Walker unveiled an agreement for financing a new Milwaukee Bucks arena on Thursday afternoon that includes a public investment of $250 million. The deal must now pass muster among Republicans in the state Legislature.

Gov. Scott Walker's latest appointment to the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents told a state Senate panel on Thursday that the UW should consider eliminating duplicative degree programs on some campuses.

As the field of candidates for the 2016 Presidential race grows larger , Professor David Z. Hambrick is asking the question: When it comes to the presidency, how much does intelligence matter? In a recent article for Scientific American, Hambrick asserts that there are three schools of thought on the...

The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents is expected to finalize a UW System policy on faculty tenure this week after the Legislature's budget committee to end tenure protections in state law — a change that's causing concern among many educators.